Regenerative furnace



April 24, 1928.

D. B. JONES ET AL.

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Application filed April 28,

' bers, and has forits object the provision of novel means for and method of cleaning the checker-chambers while the furnace is in operation, thereby preventing the accumulation of large deposits of dust and otherforeign matter;

Heretofore therehas been no known means for or method of cleaning the depositof dust and-foreign matter from under the checkers of a checker-chamber, while the furnace was in operation, and, therefore, the dust and. other matteris permitted to accumulate.

The accumulation of dust and other matter below the checkers causes a decrease of the draft on the furnace which interferes with the operation of the furnace and decreases the production, and also causes the brickwork of the furnace structure above the checker-chamber to be fusedmore rapidl Due to the above, furnaces are caused to e takenout of service for extensive and costly repairs to the brickwork and for general cleaning of the checkers and the. space below the checkers.

The present invention. provides means for and a method of cleaning the checker-chambers, whereby the checker-chambers ln ay becleaned .while the furnace is in operation,

be kept clean, resulting in higher efliciency, greater production and increased life of the urnace.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional Ian of a regenerative'chamber embodying t is invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation on the line II-II of Figure 1. g

Figure 3 is a sectional. elevation 'on the line III III of Fi re 1.

Figure 4 is a detai perspective view of one of the nozzles. I

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, the numeral 2 designates the checker- The gas chamber as a whole which is .of ordinary standard design and is divided by a vertical wall 3 into 'gas'and air chambers A and B, respectively.

chamber A is provided with a cen-c trally arran ed arch supporting wall 4 for supporting t e checker-arches 5 and form- 1926. Serial No. 105,240.

ing' distributingspaces or flues 6 below'the checker-work 7 in the gas chamber A.

The air chamber B 15.,p101'lded with two arch supporting walls- 8 and 9 for supporting) the checker-arches 10 and forming distri uting spaces or flues 12 below the checkerwork 14 in the air chamber B.

The one end of the. checker-chamber 2 is,

connected by a flue 15 with the furnace, while the other end communicates through the fines 16 and 17 with the stack and with gas and air supplies, as is'usual. Suitable valves are arranged for controlling the flow of air and gas and for opening and closing the passage to the stack, as is well-known, and is not shown or further described since it forms no part of the present invention.

The bottom wall 18 of the checker-chamber is preferably provided with a series of step-like portions 19 toprovide a series of shoulders 20.-

Pipes 21- are mounted in the bottom wall 18 'so as to extend substantially centrally of each of the spaces-or flues 6 and 12. The

pipes 21 are mounted sufiiciently deep in the such as steam, compressed air or the. like.

The pipes 23 are provided with control valves 24 and drain or drip cocks 25 above each valve whereby condensation can be removed.

In Figure 4 we have shown a special form of nozzle 22 which may advantageously be used to discharge the fluid alon the bottom wall 18 of the chamber 2. is nozzle is swedged or flattened at its discharge end, as at 27, soflas to provide a relatively wide,

thin discharge opening to spread the force of the fluid. D

In operation, 'thedust and other foreign matter" is removed from the top of the checkers by blowing it down. with. fluid under pressure'into the spaces or flues 6 and 12 under the checkers 7" and, 14; After the cleaning operation is progressing, fluid -combined with the draft of the stack, will cause the dust, or at least the major portion thereof, to be carried out throu 'h the stack. 1 When steam is the fluid used: it becomes highly superheated as it passes through the pipes embedded in the hot brickwork or walls of the chamber.

The above apparatus and mcthodpormits the dust and other foreign matter to be cleaned from the checker-chamber while the furnace is in operation, and prevents the progressive decrease in draft and efficiency of the chamber heretofore unavoidable with the ordinary construction of checker-cham-- bers. 7

While we have described and illustrated one specific embodiment of apparatus for carrying out our novel method, it will be understood that we do not wish to be limited thereto, since various modifications may be made without departing from the appended claims directed thereto.

We claim: a 1. The combination with the checkerchamber of a regenerative furnace, having checker-work supported above a plurality of distributin fines extendingion 'tudinalottom of said cham er, of a I 1y along the plurality of fluid pressure nozzles permanently mounted at spaced longitudinal points in thebottom wallof each of said fines, and adapted to direct fluid under pressure along the bottom walls of said fines toward the stack end of said chamber to blow de osits of dust and other foreign matter rom said flues into the stack, and means for supplying fluid under pressure to said nozzles.

2. The combination with chamber of a regenerative furnace, having checker-work supported above a luralit of distributin fines extending lon ntudina ly along the plurality-of fluid pressure nozzles permanentl'y mounted at spaced longitudinal points in the bottom wall of each of said fines, and adapted to direct fluid under pressure along the bottom walls ofsaid fines toward the stack end of said chamber to blow deposits of dust and other foreim matter from said flues into the stack, flu (1 supply pipes mounted in the bottom walls of said fines and connected to said nozzles, and

means for controlling the flow of fluid through said pipes.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto signed our names.

DAVID B. JONESJ FRANK o. sw'ARTz.

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